What is Mendel's point of view on evolution?
http://tomclegg.net/mendel
Mendel was a Monk, wasn't he? As Malthus was an Anglican Priest?
Both were interested in science,and taught science. We should view them on perspective (Point of view) based on what they observed and concluded at the TIME they lived. They could not know of future discoveries, or future knowledge.
Mendel worked and wrote on the mechanisms of heredity,he believed that there were particles that carried traits in the plant that regulated specific things. He had studied Darwin, but disagreed with Darwins "blending" theory, that traits were blended. Darwin never knew of Mendel's work.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/06/1/l_061_01.html
So what was Mendel's point of view on evolution? Mendel studied and developed rules and conclusion on inheritance of traits. He presented his paper after reading Darwin,but he did not support, or opposed the theory of Natural Selection, which many see as a core of Evolution.
This is really good reading if you are interested in facts:
http://tomclegg.net/tom/mendel.html
If you want more,it has good references. A lot of "church theology" has been written trying "explain" Mendels work in view of church teachings.
thank you,
is there any information based on what mendel's beliefs were on earth's history?
To understand Mendel's point of view on evolution, we need to recognize that Mendel's work predates the modern understanding of evolution as presented by Charles Darwin. Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, conducted groundbreaking experiments on inheritance in the mid-19th century, which laid the foundation of modern genetics.
Mendel's research primarily focused on the inheritance patterns of traits in pea plants. He observed that certain traits, such as seed color or plant height, were passed on in a predictable manner from one generation to the next. From his experiments, Mendel proposed the laws of inheritance, now known as Mendelian genetics.
Mendel's work did not directly address the broader concept of evolution. However, his genetic discoveries proved to be significant for the understanding of evolution later on. His laws of inheritance provided a fundamental understanding of how variation is inherited and passed down through generations.
It was not until many years after Mendel's death that his work was integrated into the broader framework of evolutionary biology. The synthesis of Mendelian genetics and Darwinian evolution occurred in the early 20th century, with the understanding that natural selection acts on the genetic variations inherited in populations over time.
So, to summarize, while Mendel's specific point of view on evolution is not widely known because he didn't directly address it, his work laid the groundwork for our understanding of inheritance and genetic variation, which became crucial components of evolutionary theory.